The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has lamented that over 70 per cent of food exported from Nigeria are rejected abroad, with huge financial losses to the exporters and the country.
In a statement on Sunday, NAFDAC’s spokesperson, Olusayo Akintola, quoted the agency’s director-general, Mojisola Adeyeye, as saying that the deplorable state of export trade facilitation for regulated products leaving the country has continued to be a serious cause for concern.
She sought collaborations with the Nigeria Customs Services (NCS), State Security Service (SSS) and others to promote Nigerian goods abroad.
Speaking at the official commissioning of NAFDAC’s new office complex for the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Ms Adeyeye said the collaboration would reduce frequent rejection of Nigerian food exported to Europe and the United States of America.
Ms Adeyeye said a trip to NAFDAC export warehouses within the international airport would explain…
